compaq deskpro for linux - HD problem

[JoeHill]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:02:08 -0500
Walter Dnes disseminated the following:

> Compaqs are the most damn proprietary "Win-tel" machines on the planet.  It's
> to late for you, but I suggest everybody else stay away from Compaqs.  BTW,
> how much do the weird screwdrivers cost ?

I'll second that emotion...IME, without having that extra bit on the HD, you
can't change the hardware settings, specifically the 'sleep' option, which means
that the machine will go to sleep and shut down all running processes, and I
mean all.

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